Ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no na wa kikedo tada warekara no tsuraki narikeri - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

海人の刈る藻に住む虫の名は聞けど
ただわれからのつらきなりけり

Roma-ji: Ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no na wa kikedo tada warekara no tsuraki narikeri
English Translation: The name of the thing
in the fisherfolk's seaweed
I have heard, and know:
this pain I feel is only
warekara, my own doing.
Meaning: I have heard the name of the little creature in the fisherfolk's seaweed, and indeed this pain of mine is warekara—of my own making.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 987

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: I have heard the name of the creature living in the fisherfolk's seaweed, "warekara," but this pain truly comes "ware kara," from myself. Punning on the creature's name, it sings of a heart that realizes love's suffering is self-inflicted.
Using the same conceit as the preceding poem, 986, where that poem forgets "warekara" and resents the other, this one takes "warekara" to heart and turns to reflect on itself, the two forming a reversed pair. It is also the last of the series of poems of resentment.

First line, "ama no karu," means "that the fisherfolk gather." It is the same as the third line of the preceding poem, 986, "ama no karu."
Second line, "mo ni sumu mushi no," means "of the creature that lives in the seaweed." It is the same as the fourth line of the preceding poem.
Third line, "na wa kikedo," means "though I have heard its name," pairing with the final line of the preceding poem, "na o wasuretsutsu," the one forgetting the name it knows, the other hearing it and understanding.
Fourth line, "tada warekara no," means "truly from my own self," with "warekara" a pivot word joining "warekara," the little creature of the seaweed, and "ware kara," of my own doing.
Final line, "tsuraki narikeri," means "it was the pain," with "keri" expressing the exclamation of discovery.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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